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Throwback Thursday: Is Donald Trump a Cokehead?

Ten years ago, we posited an interesting theory about the behavior of a presidential candidate that seems worth revisiting.

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Michael Harriot
Sep 24, 2026
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This article was originally published on Sept. 28, 2016.

As we struggle to understand Donald Trump’s cacophony of lies, incendiary statements and braggadocious rhetoric, many of his detractors like to attribute his actions to his wealth, his white-boy privilege, an inflated sense of ego or simply to racism. No one ever takes an evidence-base…

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